A fellow journalist says Turkish columnist Ahmet Turan Alkan was offered a way to avoid returning to prison by publishing an apology to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his far-right ally Devlet Bahçeli, an account followed by an uncommon reversal by Turkey’s top appeals court, Turkish Minute reported. Veteran Turkish columnist and political scientist Alkan, … Continue reading Late columnist’s sentence was reversed after apology to Erdoğan sought in exchange: journalist